351 recoverd from COVID-19

Imphal: On Friday, Manipur records highest number of recovered cases of COVID-19 in Manipur pushing the recovery rate to 78.89 percent.

A total of 351 COVID-19 patients were discharged from CAPF (277), Home Isolation (1), RIMS (3), CCC Bishnupur (15), UNACCO (35), Noney (1), CCC Lamboikhongnangkhong (7), CCC Jiribam (1), JNIMS (8) and TK Ukhrul (3) after they were found COVID-19 free on RT PCR test.

State COVID-19 common control room said in the past 24 hours, 226 persons from general population and 60 personnel from Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) were confirmed as new COVID-19 positive cases.

The new positive cases are from RIMS — 43; JNIMS — 159; Shija Hospital — 6; Tamenglong — 9; Bishnupur — 1; Imphal East — 11; Christian Hospital — 1; Noney — 4; Thoubal — 1; Noney — 7; Hillside Hospital — 1; Raj Medicity — 4; Jiribam — 2; Imphal West — 28; Babina Diagnostics — 9.

The positive cases from general population are from Imphal West — 73; Imphal East — 103; Thoubal — 4; Senapati — 2; Jiribam — 2; Bishnupur — 4; Churachandpur — 11; Tamenglong — 12; Tengnoupal — 8; Noney — 7.

Two persons (Imphal East — 1, Bishnupur — 1) are returnees from other states while the rest are locals without any significant travel history. They are being shifted to the Covid care facilities. All necessary medical precautionary measures like containment and contact tracing are in place the control room said.

During the past 24 hours, one female aged 64 years (Imphal East) expired at JNIMS. The cumulative number of deaths is 69, it added.

The total number of discharged persons is 351. They are from CAPF (277), Home Isolation (1), RIMS (3), CCC Bishnupur (15), UNACCO (35), Noney (1), CCC Lamboikhongnangkhong (7), CCC Jiribam (1), JNIMS (8) and TK Ukhrul (3) after they were found COVID-19 free on RT PCR test.

The cumulative number of positive cases is 11,397 (general population — 9,022 and central security personnel — 2,375). The number of active cases is 2,336 (general population — 2,008 and central security Personnel — 328).